Basic drinking water access in Sudan

64.9% of people in Sudan used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Sudan, 2024 64.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.9percentage points 2023: 64.0%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 188th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Sudan over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period SudanWorld
2024 64.9% 91.5%
2023 64.0% 91.2%
2022 63.0% 90.9%
2021 62.1% 90.4%
2020 61.1% 90.0%
2019 60.1% 89.6%
2018 59.2% 89.3%
2017 58.2% 88.9%
2016 57.2% 88.5%
2015 56.3% 88.1%
2014 55.3% 87.7%
2013 54.3% 87.3%
2012 53.4% 86.9%
2011 52.4% 86.5%
2010 51.5% 86.1%
2009 50.5% 85.7%
2008 49.6% 85.2%
2007 48.6% 84.8%
2006 47.7% 84.3%
2005 46.7% 83.9%
2004 45.8% 82.6%
2003 45.8% 82.1%
2002 45.8% 81.6%
2001 45.8% 80.9%
2000 45.7% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 64.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 55.3%, the figure has changed by +9.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Sudan has the 188th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.H2O.BASW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Sudan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene